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Experience you can trustProtecting Your Farm into The Future: Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements
A family farm takes generations to build and years of hard work to maintain. Commonly, these family farms are handed down to the next generation with little or no consideration, despite their significant equity and assets. Upon marrying, a family farm can become a...
Protecting Your Farm into The Future: Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements
A family farm takes generations to build and years of hard work to maintain. Commonly, these family farms are handed down to the next generation with little or no consideration, despite their significant equity and assets. Upon marrying, a family farm can become a...
Custody and Medical Marijuana
The use of any drugs by parents, including recreational use of marijuana, has long been a factor used by the courts to determine what custody arrangement between parents is in the best interest of a child. Use of illegal drugs has also been a concern for many...
Protection From Abuse
The Protection From Abuse Act is an extremely important law that provides protections for individuals who are the victims of abuse perpetrated by family or household members, sexual or intimate partners, or individuals who share their biological parenthood. A...
The Basics of a Real Estate Agreement of Sale
Taxes, Inspections and Contingencies, oh my! The basics of a real estate agreement of sale according to the Statute of Frauds, is that all agreements for the sale of real property must be in writing. One question that comes up time and time again is: can we just write...
Third Party Custody
For some families, custody issues are an everyday occurrence. Parents of a child are usually the only parties involved in a custody case; they are presumed to know what is best for their children, and most of the time they are the only people with custody rights to...
Office Update: Green Phase
The Law Office of Harding, Hill, Turowski & James, LLP, is now open, subject to Governor Wolf’s Green Phase Reopening Plan. For your safety, and the safety of our employees, anyone entering the building must have an appointment and be wearing a mask per CDC...
Agriculture and the Law: Protecting a Lifetime of Hard Work
A common phrase you hear here in east central Pennsylvania is “my family used to farm.” Unfortunately, as more and more generations become removed from the farming industry, less people understand the particular struggles that go along with farming. The less people...
COVID-19’s Effect on the Landlord Tenant Relationship
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a widespread effect on everyone over the past few weeks. One portion of society that has been affected are Landlords and Tenants – both residential and commercial. On March 18, 2020, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania put into effect an...
Yellow Phase
The Law Offices of Harding, Hill, Turowski & James, LLP, is now open pursuant to Governor Wolf’s Yellow Phase and CDC guidelines, and we will be seeing clients by appointment only. If you have any questions please call the office at 570-784-6770 or email us at...
Office Closed To Public
Due to the mandated order from Governor Wolf, closing all non-life-sustaining businesses, the physical Law Offices of Harding, Hill, Turowski and James, LLP, will be closed until further notice. Our attorneys continue to work remotely and continue to check voice mail,...